Donald Trump: ‘We’re Putting the World’s Trade Cheaters on Notice’

TRUMP: "...we're back and we're winning. And we are winning bigger than anyone understands."

[Cheers and applause]

TRUMP: "We’ve take then toughest ever actions in response to China’s very abusive trade practices. And I have to be honest, president Xi is a friend of mine, he’s a great man, great guy. But we’ve taken very tough action. Because we couldn’t continue to go on with it. Last year, they lost $375 billion on trade with China. And that doesn’t include the theft of intellectual property. Think of that. $375 billion. It’s crazy. Not going to happen anymore. It’s not going to happen anymore. We’re putting the world’s trade cheaters on notice, no one rips off the United States of America and nobody takes advantage of our workers or our companies anymore."

[cheers and applause]

TRUMP: "And this includes protecting our great farmers. Our farmers are incredible. Agriculture and related industries have lost one million jobs in the last 20 years. Now China is going after our soybean farmers in the hopes we will surrender our intellectual property and that they will be able to continue to make $500 billion and $375 billion off the big, fat, sloppy United States. Not happening, folks. And our farmers are patriots. Remember that. Our farmers are patriots. And they’re saying, 'the President is doing the right thing.' They're saying it."